SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MIR3, Inc., the innovator of real-time Intelligent Notification (IN®) and response technology, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for U.S. Emergency/Mass Notification Services"¹ (EMNS). The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company's ability to execute and completeness of vision.

"We feel this recognition by the respected analysts at Gartner, Inc. is validation of the many years spent developing, adapting and perfecting Intelligent Notification with our enterprise customers," said Amir Moussavian, president and CEO of MIR3. "Intelligent Notification is known for its reliability, redundancy and rich feature set. We are committed to our clients, and to safeguard their data we have eight geographically dispersed, ISO 27001-certified data centers. Our products have been tested, benchmarked and validated more than any other mass notification vendor, which is why we believe we are positioned in the Leaders quadrant." The report can be downloaded at no cost here: www.mir3.com/MQ-2014.

According to the report, "This Magic Quadrant focuses on enterprise-level offerings, and ranks 11 of the most competitive vendors in the U.S. Leaders have products that work well for Gartner clients in midsize and large deployments. They excel in the combination of market understanding, product features and functions, and overall viability as a firm. Their EMNS products are well-known to clients, and are frequently found on RFP shortlists, have presence at tradeshows, publish market-related white papers and conduct webinars.¹"

Gartner states: "The interest in, and need for, EMNS continue to grow among governments, public and private enterprises (regulated or not), educational institutions, and operators of critical infrastructures.¹" We believe it is because crisis communications is becoming a best practice and a requirement for some industries.

The Intelligent Notification platform keeps lines of communication open for by making it easy to send a notification to any number of people at once, allowing for immediate, individual response with an automatic audit trail. It is invaluable for providing up-to-the minute notifications about weather threats, natural disasters and even product recalls, helping to protect resources and save lives. MIR3 customers span a variety of verticals and are comprised of many Fortune 100 and Fortune Global 100 organizations.

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¹ Gartner "Magic Quadrant for U.S. Emergency/Mass Notification Services" by Roberta J. Witty, John Girard, Catherine H. Goldstein, March 31, 2014.

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ABOUT MIR3

MIR3, Inc. is the leading developer of Intelligent Notification and response software, which helps organizations enhance communication, protect assets, and increase operational efficiency. MIR3 technology enables advanced rapid, two-way communication for IT, business continuity, and enterprise operations for many of the Global Fortune 100 companies, as well as government entities, universities and companies of all sizes in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit www.mir3.com. Follow MIR3 on Twitter: @MIR3.